You will face adversity. Dont let it own you.

You will face adversity. Dont let it own you. Yesterday I wrote about my wife and her songwriting journey.  If I were to tell you she simply declared herself a songwriter, then found a mentor (the very next day), and has been doing a lot of the stuff you need to do as a songwriter, youd think shes had an easy journey, right? In fact, it hasnt been easy. At all. She has faced adversity almost every step of the way.  And at every step she has had a reason to quit, or postpone, or pause (and pausing usually means quitting for a long time). She has faced adversity from family, friends,  acquaintances, our bank account (not having money to do certain things), lack of knowledge, lack of skills, and unfortunately, from me. You have a short list of people who are going to be really supportive of things you do especially good things. And then each one of them, somehow, lets you down. I let her down, and for a while wasnt able to support her.  I regret that, but I had to share it because too often we think there will always be that one person who wont let you down. Having them let you down could be  devastating. Fortunately, she was able to continue to do what she needed to do without my support (yes, it is hard to write that). Ive had similar experiences with JibberJobber.  I was counseled to not do it.  I was counseled to not invest my retirement/savings into the business to finance it.  I was counseled to get a real (traditional) job. I know many successful people have faced adversity that we almost cant imagine.  It might be getting disowned.  It might be lost friendships.  It might not turn out well, and result in  bankruptcy  or loss of something valuable. Adversity happens.  You have already faced it.  You will face it again, probably every single day. Here are two things Ive learned by watching my wife work through the adversity she faces: Just do it. Even if you dont have the support, go to that next network meeting.  Take the class.  Start the business.  Lift up the paint brush.  Write that sentence.  Try it out.  JUST DO IT.  Even if you dont have supporters, or cheerleaders, just do it. Dont tell friends and family.  I love this concept I think my wife picked it up from a workshop she went to.  The speaker said it is hard for family and friends to imagine us doing ____ or being _____.   They think of us as _____ why would we ever try something different?  Telling family and friends is an almost sure way to get a lot more reasons why you shouldnt do what you want to, or need to do. Im ashamed I could not be as supportive of my wife as she has always been of me, and my ambitions.  I had to go through something not sure what it was.  I hate that I was the perhaps the worst adversity she had to face. You too will face adversity.  The source of adversity might shock you.  But work through it.  The people who work through it are the people we have heard of they are the Lincolns, the Fords, the Trumps, the ______. Those who let adversity own them well, we really havent heard of them, have we? You will face adversity. Dont let it own you. Yesterday I wrote about my wife and her songwriting journey.  If I were to tell you she simply declared herself a songwriter, then found a mentor (the very next day), and has been doing a lot of the stuff you need to do as a songwriter, youd think shes had an easy journey, right? In fact, it hasnt been easy. At all. She has faced adversity almost every step of the way.  And at every step she has had a reason to quit, or postpone, or pause (and pausing usually means quitting for a long time). She has faced adversity from family, friends,  acquaintances, our bank account (not having money to do certain things), lack of knowledge, lack of skills, and unfortunately, from me. You have a short list of people who are going to be really supportive of things you do especially good things. And then each one of them, somehow, lets you down. I let her down, and for a while wasnt able to support her.  I regret that, but I had to share it because too often we think there will always be that one person who wont let you down. Having them let you down could be  devastating. Fortunately, she was able to continue to do what she needed to do without my support (yes, it is hard to write that). Ive had similar experiences with JibberJobber.  I was counseled to not do it.  I was counseled to not invest my retirement/savings into the business to finance it.  I was counseled to get a real (traditional) job. I know many successful people have faced adversity that we almost cant imagine.  It might be getting disowned.  It might be lost friendships.  It might not turn out well, and result in  bankruptcy  or loss of something valuable. Adversity happens.  You have already faced it.  You will face it again, probably every single day. Here are two things Ive learned by watching my wife work through the adversity she faces: Just do it. Even if you dont have the support, go to that next network meeting.  Take the class.  Start the business.  Lift up the paint brush.  Write that sentence.  Try it out.  JUST DO IT.  Even if you dont have supporters, or cheerleaders, just do it. Dont tell friends and family.  I love this concept I think my wife picked it up from a workshop she went to.  The speaker said it is hard for family and friends to imagine us doing ____ or being _____.   They think of us as _____ why would we ever try something different?  Telling family and friends is an almost sure way to get a lot more reasons why you shouldnt do what you want to, or need to do. Im ashamed I could not be as supportive of my wife as she has always been of me, and my ambitions.  I had to go through something not sure what it was.  I hate that I was the perhaps the worst adversity she had to face. You too will face adversity.  The source of adversity might shock you.  But work through it.  The people who work through it are the people we have heard of they are the Lincolns, the Fords, the Trumps, the ______. Those who let adversity own them well, we really havent heard of them, have we? You will face adversity. Dont let it own you. Yesterday I wrote about my wife and her songwriting journey.  If I were to tell you she simply declared herself a songwriter, then found a mentor (the very next day), and has been doing a lot of the stuff you need to do as a songwriter, youd think shes had an easy journey, right? In fact, it hasnt been easy. At all. She has faced adversity almost every step of the way.  And at every step she has had a reason to quit, or postpone, or pause (and pausing usually means quitting for a long time). She has faced adversity from family, friends,  acquaintances, our bank account (not having money to do certain things), lack of knowledge, lack of skills, and unfortunately, from me. You have a short list of people who are going to be really supportive of things you do especially good things. And then each one of them, somehow, lets you down. I let her down, and for a while wasnt able to support her.  I regret that, but I had to share it because too often we think there will always be that one person who wont let you down. Having them let you down could be  devastating. Fortunately, she was able to continue to do what she needed to do without my support (yes, it is hard to write that). Ive had similar experiences with JibberJobber.  I was counseled to not do it.  I was counseled to not invest my retirement/savings into the business to finance it.  I was counseled to get a real (traditional) job. I know many successful people have faced adversity that we almost cant imagine.  It might be getting disowned.  It might be lost friendships.  It might not turn out well, and result in  bankruptcy  or loss of something valuable. Adversity happens.  You have already faced it.  You will face it again, probably every single day. Here are two things Ive learned by watching my wife work through the adversity she faces: Just do it. Even if you dont have the support, go to that next network meeting.  Take the class.  Start the business.  Lift up the paint brush.  Write that sentence.  Try it out.  JUST DO IT.  Even if you dont have supporters, or cheerleaders, just do it. Dont tell friends and family.  I love this concept I think my wife picked it up from a workshop she went to.  The speaker said it is hard for family and friends to imagine us doing ____ or being _____.   They think of us as _____ why would we ever try something different?  Telling family and friends is an almost sure way to get a lot more reasons why you shouldnt do what you want to, or need to do. Im ashamed I could not be as supportive of my wife as she has always been of me, and my ambitions.  I had to go through something not sure what it was.  I hate that I was the perhaps the worst adversity she had to face. You too will face adversity.  The source of adversity might shock you.  But work through it.  The people who work through it are the people we have heard of they are the Lincolns, the Fords, the Trumps, the ______. Those who let adversity own them well, we really havent heard of them, have we?

The LinkedIn Hack - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career

The LinkedIn Hack - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career Throughout my series of blogs, as well as all of the other great ones featured on this site, you have been learning powerful ways to create your brand and position yourself for success. That, of course, helps you to know what message to get in front of a hiring manager or other persons of influence. Equally important, though, is determining precisely who the hiring manager (or other persons of influence) is that you need to get that information in front of. In this blog, I will show you how to quickly and easily make that all-important determination using the LinkedIn “hack.” Your LinkedIn connections Most everyone knows the tremendous power of LinkedIn. Still, there are also limitations, and two of the more significant ones are the following: You need CONNECTIONS; and In order to see most of those connections (beyond your first degree), you need a PAID account. Wouldn’t it be great if you could view over 95% of ALL profiles on LinkedIn whether or not they are in your networkâ€"without a paid account? Well, actually, you can! Let me explain how that’s possible. (Significant to note here, however, is that the technique covered here does NOT negate the tremendous value of a LinkedIn paid account; It actually complements it.) Google indexes public profiles from LinkedIn. The LinkedIn “hack” is an easy and powerful way to access those profiles in Google. The LinkedIn “Hack” â€" An Example Go to www.google.com Copy and paste the following search string into Google: site:www.linkedin.com intitle:linkedin (“Chemical engineer” AND “Georgia Tech” AND “Georgia Pacific”) -intitle:profile -intitle:updated -intitle:blog -intitle:directory -intitle:jobs -intitle:groups -intitle:events -intitle:answers The phrases within the parentheses are the variables which you can modify depending upon the people you want to target. (Change the company, the school, etc. You may, for example, want to search for “vice president” AND “general electric” AND sales.) The phrases outside the parentheses are the “required” constants. These constants force Google to only look at people’s profiles and eliminates discussions, questions, answers to questions, job postings, polls and all of the other information available on LinkedIn. (Remember: “who” to get your brand in front of is our objective here.) Two limitations to this approach There are, however, two limitations to this approach: (1) If a profile is marked “private” Google won’t find it; and (2) The person has to have put the key words you are looking for in his/her profile. So, for example, if you are looking for a “Georgia Tech” graduate, the person has to have used “Georgia Tech” in building his or her profile. If they used “Georgia Institute of Technology,” for example, then you won’t find them unless you do a second search using those key words. (Other Boolean operators such as OR and NOT don’t work as well in this so-called “hack,” so you should stick with the AND operator.) Results: If I use the above search string, I find 3 people who either are or were a “chemical engineer” at “Georgia Pacific,” from “Georgia Tech,” and who have a public profile on LinkedIn, and who used those particular words in their profile. If I change “Georgia Tech” to “Georgia Institute of Technology,” I now find 15 people. If I want to find all Georgia Tech grads at Georgia Pacific, I would take out “chemical engineer” and use the following: site:www.linkedin.com intitle:linkedin (“Georgia Tech” AND “Georgia Pacific”) -intitle:profile -intitle:updated -intitle:blog -intitle:directory -intitle:jobs -intitle:groups -intitle:events -intitle:answers With this search string I NOW get 2,840 results! If I want to find ALL names at Georgia Pacific, I can try to find hiring managers, people to network with, et al. I would use: site:www.linkedin.com intitle:linkedin (“Georgia Pacific”) -intitle:profile -intitle:updated -intitle:blog -intitle:directory -intitle:jobs -intitle:groups -intitle:events -intitle:answers When I do that, I get 45,000 results. Clearly more than I can handle but a great start for finding people of interest to network with and/or contact. As a point of comparison, I have a very robust network (over 19 million out to my 3rd degree). When I search for Georgia Pacific people within my network, I get 10,500 results. Thus, you can see how the “hack” greatly extends your view into the world of LinkedIn. A way to manage this quantity of information is to go back and put in qualifying key words. For example, if I go back and put in a qualifying key word such as “sales” I get 24,000 results. site:www.linkedin.com intitle:linkedin (sales AND “Georgia Pacific”) -intitle:profile -intitle:updated -intitle:blog -intitle:directory -intitle:jobs -intitle:groups -intitle:events -intitle:answers So, if you’ve become frustrated and discouraged using the more traditional methods of trying to find just the right people to put your information in front of, then you should seriously consider using this powerful, highly workable LinkedIn “hack.” It can literally save you hundreds of hours of time and eliminate a great deal of frustration and effort. A personal success story Let me conclude this week’s blog with a personal success story using the LinkedIn “hack.” Last year our daughter, who is a university student studying public relations and communications, was seeking an internship in Nashville, specifically at Gaylord Entertainment. Even within my robust community on LinkedIn only 200 or so people were either “current” or “past” employees of Gaylord Entertainment. Enter the LinkedIn “hack.” Using the “hack,” we uncovered over 2,300 people, and among that group was exactly someone she needed to reach out to. She crafted a powerful cover letter positioning her brand and what she could do for Gaylord, mailed it via certified mail, followed up with a phone call and email, got an interview and landed the internship! And, by the way, the person she contacted would never have been able to have been easily identified using traditional methods. P.S. I accept ALL LinkedIn invitations. Feel free to send me an invite. I’d love to connect with you! (My 11,600 first degree connections immediately become your second degree and my 3.4 million second degree connections immediately become your third degree.) www.linkedin.com/in/skipfreeman The information featured in this blog is based on an excerpt from “Headhunter” Hiring Secrets: The Rules of the Hiring Game Have Changed . . . Forever!, and is just one of 100s of valuable, workable “secrets” that can be used by today’s job seeker to brand and set themselves apart from the competitionâ€"other job seekersâ€"and help them land the job of their dreams. Author: Skip Freeman is the author of “Headhunter” Hiring Secrets: The Rules of the Hiring Game Have Changed . . . Forever! and is the President and Chief Executive Officer of The HTW Group (Hire to Win), an Atlanta, GA, Metropolitan Area Executive Search Firm. Specializing in the placement of sales, engineering, manufacturing and RD professionals, he has developed powerful techniques that help companies hire the best and help the best get hired.

Facebook vs Google Which Has the Best Employer Brand

Facebook vs Google Which Has the Best Employer Brand It’s a fact that Facebook and Google often compete for the same talent. If you’re looking at job opportunities at these two hugely successful tech companies, it can be tough to decide which employer will be the right fit for you from a culture and compensation perspective. On one side, Facebook is currently leading the way in terms of social networking and has its much anticipated IPO coming up. But, on the other side, Google has solidified its place in Silicon Valley as the leading search engine and perhaps has gone through many of the growing pains of going public that Facebook has yet to go through. To help shine a light on which company may be right for you, who better to turn to than the employees who work at these companies, along with recent job candidates who can dish on the interview process? In this Glassdoor infographic, see how Facebook and Google compare from an insider’s perspective. A couple of key takeaways are that  92% of Facebook employees give the thumbs up to Mark Zuckerberg leadership of the company, while 94% of Google employees are happy with their CEO Larry Page.  As for salaries, Facebook pay a little better base salaries but Google is more generous with bonuses. RELATED:  Global Employer Branding Stats and Facts. Featured image: Shutterstock

Intentional non-productivity is a productivity tool

Intentional non-productivity is a productivity tool Almost 95% of Jews do something to observe Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. I want my kids to be part of this when they grow up, so the only way to do that is to model it for them now. Because its completely clear to me that people who believe in God are fundamentally more optimistic and more connected to community, and I want my kids to have that. Also, I try not to work on the holidays because I want to be known, somehow, as a Jew who blogs about being Jewish. And if Im going to do that, then I want to be known as someone who does not work on the holidays. Its part of being Jewish, I think, to struggle with what to do on these days. So I want to struggle, too. Every year it is hard for me to stay away from work, even when every year that I have worked has felt terrible. But even if I could feel okay working on these days, its not the person I want to be. Heres who I am right now: the person who just two years ago moved to a state I knew no one in, and then got a divorce. So Im not exactly the queen of community right now. A holiday like Rosh Hashanah emphasizes this, but makes me more committed to fixing the problem. This is also the time that I start gearing up for Yom Kippur, which comes in a week. Yom Kippur is about being sorry for not being nice to other people, so I try to fix as much as I can in the next week so I can be less sorry. I think first of my not-quite ex-husband. And I cry. Maybe you didnt think that I cry about the divorce. I didnt ever start crying about it until he became a little nicer, which was once he was sure he was getting a divorce. He really wants a break from me. Im not sure he totally hates me, but I am sure he totally hates being married to me. But we have great moments, too. He came to the house for Rosh Hashanah. I usually leave the house to give him space to be with the kids. But he agreed that we could all eat dinner together for the holiday because he knows how important it is to me. I cooked. Which Im thinking is a primal instinct thing for someone you love. I mean, cooking is very easy to outsource, (since I outsource almost everything already) but it doesnt feel right to me. I want to cook for people Im close to. But it doesnt feel right to do a primal-instinct-I-love-you-thing for the guy who wants a divorce, so I also bought sushi, which he really likes. Then my not-quite-ex, who is not-quite-convinced that religion matters, said the prayers with us before dinner. Which almost made me cry. Then, I said, Oh. Theres a fly. We need a fly swatter. And he said, You should hire one. And we both laughed. Thats what made me cry. We had a nice dinner, and then after dinner, I had to leave the house. Because the not-ex and I have a deal that he doesnt have to have me around when hes parenting. I think I make him nervous. Or I make him want to kill me. Its a fine line, really. So I left. Usually I love leaving. Because I work. I usually have phone meetings booked when I leave the house until midnight. But I didnt want to work. I thought reading would be more appropriate. But I didnt want to buy a latte at Starbucks and read there. I cant be a self-respecting Jew and buy a latte on Rosh Hashanah. So I sat in the car on a dark street and thought about work. I thought about what work I would most like to be doing instead of sitting in the car in the dark. And heres what I thought of: The three blog posts I owe to people who have been really nice to me. I have made three promises to write posts and broken all three of them. One of the promises is more than a year old, to ERE. Its a great organization because they are at the cutting edge of online recruiting. Actually one of the best speaking gigs Ive ever had. Then theres the post for Tony Morgan. Hes a Christian blogger who reads this blogI love that blogging helps me cross cultural lines to people who I wouldnt normally come into contact with. I want him to know that I love being part of a Christian community when he links to me. (And I love watching how the Christians leverage the blogosphere to make being Christian interesting. Why cant the Jews do that? Probably because we just blog about High Holiday guilt.) The last one is that I owe Leo Babauta a blurb. He asked me to write one for the back of his new book thats been sitting on my desk for a while. It is about to be the next thing that Ive waited on so long that I have actually been inconsiderate. So I decide that as soon as Rosh Hashanah ends, Im going to write these three things. And write this post. All this to say: you dont need the Jewish holidays in order to learn something about yourself. Force yourself to isolate for a day. Dont allow yourself to do all the usual things. You will learn something about yourself. Its impossible not to.

Major Differences Between Management and Leadership

Major Differences Between Management and Leadership Photo Credit â€" Pixabay.comIt’s easy to assume that being a manager and leader are the same thing. Both, after all, are usually expected to lead teams, mitigate risk, increase profit and add significant value to the business.Some people make great leaders while others excel at management, but are the two interchangeable?As it turns out, there are key differences between management and leadership.evalIn this blog post, we’re going to delve into six that demonstrate just how different each role is.1. Leaders are Proactive â€" Managers ReactevalLeadership is all about forging ahead with new initiatives and setting the gold standard for working practices. Leaders typically have confidence that their team can also be proactive and are far more likely to follow than require a push in the right direction.By contrast, management is about reacting to situations. Typically, this will revolve around encouraging team members to perform to the best of their ability. If they fail to do so, ma nagers must be capable of delivering the bad news and presenting a solution.2. Leaders foster Teams â€" Managers manage GroupsThe role of leader within an organisation is a little bit like that of the director on a film set. Staff are the individual cast members and each one must do their own job effectively if the whole is to be successful.Managers, on the other hand, are more adept at managing groups of people, whose disparate skills and responsibilities are less of a collective and, consequently, require closer, more proactive attention.3. Leadership isn’t about Systems and StructureManagers spend an inordinate amount of time micromanaging the constituent elements that make up their group. Whether it be processes for delivering customer support or the mechanics behind an invoicing regime, management has to get its hands dirty.By comparison, leadership focuses entirely on the people. It doesn’t worry itself with the burden of systems and structure; development of the individua l team members is what matters.4. Leaders keep their Eye on the HorizonevalIn management, an eagle eye is always placed on the bottom line, for profit and customer satisfaction is the ultimate goal.Leadership is about looking a little further ahead and scanning the horizon for the next big opportunity. Leaders always look forward and rarely live in the ‘now’.5. Management accepts the Status QuoevalBeing a manager is about abiding by a specific set of rules and expectations â€" it’s focused on accepting and delivering the status quo.Leaders challenge the status quo and are far more likely to ask “why?” than “how?”. Why should the status quo be left to go stale?6. Imitation vs OriginalityevalPerhaps the key difference between leadership and management is that the latter is far more about imitation rather than originality.Managers carry forward ideas delivered from above and ensure that processes and systems are implemented correctly. Leadership is about establishing thos e norms, continually challenging them and making changes when inspiration strikes.SummarySo, there you have it â€" management and leadership are two entirely different animals.Most importantly, they should always work in harmony; managers and leaders benefit each other and without one, the other would simply never succeed.

Essential Rules For Hiring Employees

Essential Rules For Hiring Employees When you decide it is time to add a new member to your team, it can be a daunting affair and can take a fair deal of time to find the right person for the job. If you are new to hiring people into your business, here are some helpful tips for you to follow. Move quickly If you are hiring for a role, you will likely get an influx of candidates who come within the first few days of posting. These candidates will often be the best ones for your job and will be off the market if you don’t act quickly. When you receive applications you need to ensure that you are able to reply as swiftly as you can and arrange interviews rapidly to ensure that the candidate stays interested in your role. Write a good job description When you are writing your job description for potential employees it is incredibly important that you don’t follow the normal rules. Most companies will simply write down what the job requires, what skills you need and etc… however this isn’t something which will grab attention and get a lot of interest. Instead, add some information about the benefits you can offer for your employee. Talk about training, progression, travel, and holidays. Make your candidates see why they would want to work for you, and what you can offer them. Embrace social media Don’t live in the dark ages, make sure that your company stays up to date with technology and that you have a fun and exciting presence online. When you advertise for a job, the candidate will immediately look you up online to see what kind of people and brand you are. You need to make sure you are appealing to people from all backgrounds and that they will want to be a part of your team going forward. Fit personality Skills are important for a job because the person needs to be capable of carrying out the work: but this isnt the only thing you need to think about. When you interview a candidate you need to get along on a personal level. If you are going to bring this person into your workplace they need to be a person who will fit in. Make sure that you like the person and that they like you. Background checks If you want to ensure that you are hiring a good person in your business you need to make sure you perform background checks for employment for every candidate. This will tell you about their criminal past and whether or not they can be trusted in your workplace. Your reputation is important so you need to only employ people you believe you can trust. Alongside the background check, you may want to order a drug test to ensure that the person your hire is clean, of sound mind and stable for the role. The last thing you want is someone who comes to work with drugs in their system.

Client Case Study Cheryl Watson Cooney - When I Grow Up

Client Case Study Cheryl Watson Cooney - When I Grow Up Um, do you know that Ive coached hundreds of women since I started offering dream career guidance in 2008? And that these women are freakin rock stars, leaving soul-sucking jobs and traveling the world and launching creative, grown-up businesses and simply doing work that fits their lifestyle goals? Well ya do now and youll hear their stories firsthand in my  Client Case Studies series!  Cheryl Watson Cooney is another former Career Camper of mine who has since launched her own site and online shop. I love how her answers dont sugar-coat the journey it takes to be fully self-employed, and how she found a part-time bridge job that fits in her own personal mission. Enjoy! Why did you decide to work with a creative career coach in a group program? I didnt feel like Id chosen the right career path and wanted to switch to something more fitting for me: something hands-on as a maker or designer of small goods. I was already gearing up for taking a leap, leaving my job and moving to Montana, so the Career Camp came at the perfect time since it was the three months just before the move. What were you doing work-wise when we started our sessions? I was working for an international interior design firm, drafting architectural plans for retail and corporate spaces. It was a decent job, but I wasnt as passionate about interiors as Id hoped, and didnt like the long hours that were my present and inevitable future. I wanted a job that would allow me to make a difference in my community and allow me time to spend time with friends and family. What was your biggest takeaway from our work together? It was super helpful to see that there were tons of examples of people out there making money working for themselves, contributing to the world in ways that brought them and others joy and contentment. I loved the regularity with which Michelle would underscore that concept and address my concerns about becoming an entrepreneur. Was there anything else you tried to do as a career between the time we stopped our program  and what you do for work now? If so, how did it inform your current business? Sooo I dont know if Ive got a career going at the moment per se I did move to Montana and, just as Id hoped, I focused on taking different trade classes, like welding, tiling, ceramics, upholstery, cooking, etc. I designed a couple meditational board books for children [for which I still need to find a publisher] and launched a website and online shop for inspirational greeting cards and posters. As far as making goes, I feel like Ive come a long way and, at the same time, not far enough in the last year. I love pretty much everything Ive created. I forged Montana-shaped ceramic cheese plates, beaded gem necklaces for the local handmade shop, developed a bunch of graphic design products for my site and familiarized myself with the local print shop. However, the transition from stellar employee to successful entrepreneur was a bit slow-going for me with my cautious personality, so at 10 months in, I got a part-time job to ease my anxiety around covering health insurance and student lo an payments. The part-time gig is at the local Food Resource Center, where I oversee the commercial kitchen and preserve vegetables for distribution in the food pantry. I love that I was able to find something that tied into my end goal of being a source of good in the world. Now I just need to be better with my free time and making more goods for my site and marketing them to brick and mortar shops. What would you tell someone now that was in your shoes when we first started working together? Whats your best tip to allow them to make a grown-up living doing what they love? Make the most of the resources available to you. If youre going to hire a coach or participate in an online class or buy a study-guide, carve out some dedicated hours to do the (home)work and become more effective faster. Whats on the horizon for your business? Wed love to hear about any upcoming offerings or goals! Im currently finishing up my 2016 KALEndar [w/ drawings of 12 kale varieties], which will hopefully be on my website in the next couple weeks. Career Change Masterclass, my next group program, opens tomorrow (!) but only to the peeps on this list!  Sign up there for my free webinar this Thursday and youll get all the deets about Career Change Masterclass in your Inbox tomorrow. Scary/exciting my fave!